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Partial Remains Found 33 Years Ago at Dump Site Identified as Missing Teen, Authorities Say
DNA testing identified the remains 33 years later, but investigators said how the boy died and reached the dump is still unknown.
- Ventura County authorities identified human remains discovered at a Camarillo dump site 33 years ago as Joseph Patrick Reardon, a teen born in Fresno in 1970.
- By 1985, Reardon lived in an Oxnard group home and attended Channel Islands High School before enrolling at Hughson High near Modesto in 1986 using the alias Joe Gilbreth.
- The breakthrough occurred after the Ventura County Medical Examiner sent a DNA sample last year to Othram Labs in Texas, which linked the partial remains to Reardon's relatives.
- Although identified, the circumstances of his death remain a mystery; the Cold Case Unit is actively seeking anyone who knew him "even in passing" to provide information.
- Investigators still do not know how he ended up in Camarillo or if he was formally reported missing, though authorities stress "any detail, no matter how small, could be the key" to closure.
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Three decades after leg bones turned up at a Southern California dump site, investigators finally know the victim's name. SFGate reports that DNA testing has identified the remains, found in 1993 in Camarillo, as those of Joseph Patrick Reardon, born in Fresno in 1970, according to authorities in Ventura County....
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A teenage boy whose remains were found at a California dump site has been identified, 33 years after his death, authorities said – but they say the circumstances of his death remain a mystery.
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The Independent (US)Teen boy found dead in a California dump is identified 33 years later
The remains were identified as Joseph Patrick Reardon, who also went by Joe Gilbreth
·London, United Kingdom
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